Desensitization makes itself under the language

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Asthma and allergic rhinite: desensitization makes itself under the language

Desensitization represents an efficient treatment for some allergies. But because of his constraints and dangers, a new way has been developed: the way sublinguale. Again little known, she presents a lot of advantages and the very precise indications.

Desensitization or specific immunotherapy aims, by the administration of progressively increasing doses of allergen, to lead a state of tolerance opposite the allergen. Concretely, the treatment consists in the subcutaneous injection of the allergen for which the patient is sensitized.
This technique present some inconveniences, as the necessity to inject the allergen, what is not deprived of danger, or the obligation for the patient to go every time to a medical cabinet or in hospitable environment, exactly because of the reactions susceptible to occur during the injection.

It is necessary to recognize that this method is very efficient, but sometimes dangerous. This is how the intervening of accidents stern anaphylactiques drove to search for other techniques, and notably of other ways of administration.

Since some years, the desensitization sublinguale appeared. She consists in depositing quickly under the language of the quantities increasing of the allergen in reason, as drops or in spray, the tablet being currently to the survey. The concentrations of allergen are well superior to those used in desensitization by injectable way and the optimal dose is reached quickly (15 to 20 days).

This new method almost as proved to be efficient that the classic desensitization. Besides, the secondary reactions being very rare, otherwise of weak intensity, this treatment can be achieved at home.

..The conditions of prescription are strict

· Rhinite and/or allergic asthma.

· Being certain of the relation between the exhibition to the allergen for which one plans to desensitize and the symptoms.

· Impossibility to reduce the allergen efficiently in reason in the environment (eviction). · inefficient simple medicinal Treatment because of the severity of the illness.

· Engagement of the patient to a very good observance to desensitization on the long term. Indeed, the treatment must be pursued on several years, three years on average.